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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious if anyone else has experienced this or understands what is going on with me.

I have two kids and love them dearly.  I work a flexible job and spend a lot of time with them.  I enjoy taking them to do things outdoors as well as visiting museums and other activities.

Besides spending time with my kids, I do not have any interest in motherhood.  I am uninterested in making friends with other moms unless we’d be friends regardless of having kids.  I do not care to have play dates and I am not really interested in things related to raising children.  The PTA terrifies me.

I do not identify as a mom anymore than I identify as an employee or a wife.  However I feel like an outlier and when I attend a child’s birthday party I get the sense I am rather unusual.  I get the impression everything revolves around kids and my life isn’t like that.  I enjoy traveling, spending time with just my husband, my job, girls weekends with my friends etc.  I’m fortunate that we have plenty of money to still enjoy these things while having young kids.

Am I missing something?  [/quote]

No, you are not.  This is how most women used to be as recent as just a generation ago.  We have other organs beside the womb.[/quote]

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